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Relationship between implantation of missing anterior teeth and oral health-related quality of life

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Abstract

Purpose

The aim of the present study was to investigate the relationship between anterior teeth implantation and oral health-related quality of life (OHRQoL).

Methods

Participants completed the Chinese version of the Oral Health Impact Profile-14 (OHIP-14) prior to implantation and at 6 months following crown restoration. Participant demographic information was recorded. Six months following implant crown restoration, participants were asked to self-assess their overall oral health and implant restoration. A Kruskal–Wallis test and Spearman correlation test were used for statistical analyses. A p value <0.05 was considered statistically significant.

Results

A total of 238 patients (133 women and 105 men) completed the study. OHP-14 scores were negatively correlated with self-assessment of both overall oral health (r = −0.788, p < 0.001) and implant restoration (r = −0.739, p < 0.001) after implant crown restoration. There were no significant differences between qualitative reasons for dissatisfaction or between quantity of reasons given for dissatisfaction (p = 0.845). Six months following crown restoration, the overall OHIP-14 scores and the four common factors (disability, psychological discomfort, functional limitation, pain, and discomfort) decreased significantly compared to preimplantation scores (p < 0.001). From the paired differences between genders before and after implantation, significant differences were observed in overall quality (p = 0.044) and disability (p = 0.029). Patients with a higher education level scored significantly higher on overall quality of life (p = 0.031) and psychological discomfort (p = 0.002) following crown restoration.

Conclusions

Our findings indicate that the implantation of anterior missing teeth could significantly improve patient OHRQoL. Gender and education level were shown to affect implantation results.

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Acknowledgments

We would like to thank all participants for their full cooperation and support for our study. The significant statistical contributions to this research by Yu LL, Medical Records Department, General Hospital of Jinan Military Region of PLA, are greatly appreciated. This study was supported by the 47th Postdoctoral Research Fund of China (20100471800).

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Yu, SJ., Chen, P. & Zhu, GX. Relationship between implantation of missing anterior teeth and oral health-related quality of life. Qual Life Res 22, 1613–1620 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11136-012-0314-4

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